more like a third. As a species, we like killing things slightly more than we like trying to have sex with them. of course, if we were to ever combine sex AND mass destruction into one nice shiny package, our species would be doomed to extinction in about 48 hours.

Ah I see. Interesting. Well I'm off to patent my new 12-gague dildo and incendiary cluster-dongs.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm tempted to get a 3D printer just for my gaming hobby. It'd be cool to print terrain and a custom-built miniature. I'd have to investigate to see which printers are capable of enough resolution that it'd be worth it.

Wonder if there's a community out there yet for 3D printing and tabletop games? It'd be a good market.

SteelDraco:I'm not gonna lie, I'm tempted to get a 3D printer just for my gaming hobby. It'd be cool to print terrain and a custom-built miniature. I'd have to investigate to see which printers are capable of enough resolution that it'd be worth it.

Wonder if there's a community out there yet for 3D printing and tabletop games? It'd be a good market.

There's a great book by the great Charles Stross called Rule 34 that describes a world where 3D printers are commonplace and get terrible viruses at which point they do nothing but make big pink penises....

I would think it would work out much better to print a negative mold with the printer. Make in halves that fit together, fill with one of the liquid rubbers that cure after 12 hours or so, then open the mold and remove the new custom rubber toy.

Benalto:There's a great book by the great Charles Stross called Rule 34 that describes a world where 3D printers are commonplace and get terrible viruses at which point they do nothing but make big pink penises....

How strong are things built with 3D printers? I'd worry a bit about these things breaking off in someone. The pictured samples also looked rather rough--something I wouldn't expect to be desirable in such an application

jbuist:Endive Wombat: I know people have discussed building a gun from a 3D printer...let me tell you, the amount of pressure created in the chamber would blow that thing apart...I really do not think that it will be an issue, but that certainly wont stop some congress critter from attempting to legislate on it.

You only need to make the receiver in your 3D printer. The chamber, barrel, trigger, springs, stocks, bolt, extractor, etc. are unregulated parts.

People have been making polymer AR-15 lowers for years now... and people HAVE done it with a 3D printer already.

I'm interested in how this is going to impact countries like NZ where there are virtually no handguns. Prob only a matter of time before bad guys figure out they can print a lot of a pistol themselves, and simply import barrels and other crucial parts as random bits of scrap

mjjt:jbuist: Endive Wombat: I know people have discussed building a gun from a 3D printer...let me tell you, the amount of pressure created in the chamber would blow that thing apart...I really do not think that it will be an issue, but that certainly wont stop some congress critter from attempting to legislate on it.

You only need to make the receiver in your 3D printer. The chamber, barrel, trigger, springs, stocks, bolt, extractor, etc. are unregulated parts.

People have been making polymer AR-15 lowers for years now... and people HAVE done it with a 3D printer already.

I'm interested in how this is going to impact countries like NZ where there are virtually no handguns. Prob only a matter of time before bad guys figure out they can print a lot of a pistol themselves, and simply import barrels and other crucial parts as random bits of scrap

The other part that you have assumed is that weak polymers used today will be the ones used tomorrow. Who knows what may available in 15 years or more. It may well be we have something that is good enough to simulate forged parts that will be able to make receiver, or at least one good enough to sell on the black market. After all, its not like drugs and other stuff on the same market are know for the rigorous quality control standards have been adhered to.

It is going to be real interesting as time goes on with 3D printing and what will be attempted to be regulated.

I like this story of a guy who had a pricey stroller that broke. The company wanted $250 for the busted part and he took the part on the other side, scanned it, and had it printed for $25.

Nothing is off limits right now as far as I can tell. I wonder if some kind of regulation is going to come down requiring these 3D printers to help prevent some kind of fraud like current scanners/printers do with currency, I cannot imagine how they would even begin to regulate it though. I know people have discussed building a gun from a 3D printer...let me tell you, the amount of pressure created in the chamber would blow that thing apart...I really do not think that it will be an issue, but that certainly wont stop some congress critter from attempting to legislate on it.

I saw a much more intelligent discussion of this subject on another site. Guns and copyrights were addressed. Nobody has built a complete gun from a 3D printer and someone had a fairly detailed post about even trying to print custom grips for some type of gun from a 3D printer. Yeah - even the custom grips wouldn't hold up to the stress.

Right now products made from 3D printing don't really hold up very well to stress.

Staples is supposedly going to introduce 3D printers to their store - awesome idea, but copyrights/patents is theorized to be a big issue.

We'll see how this works out. I think we're still a long ways (and many years) away from building a fleshlight with our own reasonably priced home consumer level of 3D printer.

Endive Wombat:I like this story of a guy who had a pricey stroller that broke. The company wanted $250 for the busted part and he took the part on the other side, scanned it, and had it printed for $25.

For $250 he could have bought a nice new stroller. Frigging Bugaboo, perfect status symbols for the latte mom brigade. But good for him doing it that way.

Benalto:There's a great book by the great Charles Stross called Rule 34 that describes a world where 3D printers are commonplace and get terrible viruses at which point they do nothing but make big pink penises....

Oh thank god someone here finally mentioned "Rule 34". I mean, it only SPECIFICALLY has a scene where someone's 3-D printer runs amok one night and runs off thousands of dildos.

Hacker_X:I would think it would work out much better to print a negative mold with the printer. Make in halves that fit together, fill with one of the liquid rubbers that cure after 12 hours or so, then open the mold and remove the new custom rubber toy.

Except that HP will soon control the liquid rubber market and begin charging $3,000 a gallon.

It is going to be real interesting as time goes on with 3D printing and what will be attempted to be regulated.

I like this story of a guy who had a pricey stroller that broke. The company wanted $250 for the busted part and he took the part on the other side, scanned it, and had it printed for $25.

Nothing is off limits right now as far as I can tell. I wonder if some kind of regulation is going to come down requiring these 3D printers to help prevent some kind of fraud like current scanners/printers do with currency, I cannot imagine how they would even begin to regulate it though. I know people have discussed building a gun from a 3D printer...let me tell you, the amount of pressure created in the chamber would blow that thing apart...I really do not think that it will be an issue, but that certainly wont stop some congress critter from attempting to legislate on it.

I saw a much more intelligent discussion of this subject on another site. Guns and copyrights were addressed. Nobody has built a complete gun from a 3D printer and someone had a fairly detailed post about even trying to print custom grips for some type of gun from a 3D printer. Yeah - even the custom grips wouldn't hold up to the stress.

Right now products made from 3D printing don't really hold up very well to stress.

Staples is supposedly going to introduce 3D printers to their store - awesome idea, but copyrights/patents is theorized to be a big issue.

We'll see how this works out. I think we're still a long ways (and many years) away from building a fleshlight with our own reasonably priced home consumer level of 3D printer.

So instead of a celebrity sex tape, some celebrity will 'accidentally' leek the design info for their junk onto the internet, enabling people to download and create a 3D model of it. I can just see the scam porn adverts now:

Fur Shur. Ding Huan's neighbor's wife was so hot he had to invent the fan. A.G. Bell wanted the 1-800 phone sex. T.A. Edison wanted the girl on girl pr0n. O. Wright wanted to join the mile high club, hopefully not with W Wright. H. Ford had some submarine races to show his secretary. Stefan Drzewiecki had the hots for H. Ford. Oppenheimer wanted his gf to feel the earth move. Larry Flynt was tired of walking everywhere.

All these people accepted the blueness of their balls so you could enjoy bangbus on your 75" HDTV.

It is going to be real interesting as time goes on with 3D printing and what will be attempted to be regulated.

I like this story of a guy who had a pricey stroller that broke. The company wanted $250 for the busted part and he took the part on the other side, scanned it, and had it printed for $25.

Nothing is off limits right now as far as I can tell. I wonder if some kind of regulation is going to come down requiring these 3D printers to help prevent some kind of fraud like current scanners/printers do with currency, I cannot imagine how they would even begin to regulate it though. I know people have discussed building a gun from a 3D printer...let me tell you, the amount of pressure created in the chamber would blow that thing apart...I really do not think that it will be an issue, but that certainly wont stop some congress critter from attempting to legislate on it.

if I could afford one, I'd sure as hell buy myself a 3D printer and start looking for ways to make money off it. just making knock off 40k minis and model kits would keep me in beer money from all my friends.

My uncle just bought one for $5K, he does jewelry. They are a lot more "affordable" now.

Does he have an online store you could link? I've been interested in one for the same reason.

This gets discussed on occasion on the forums and chatrooms. it's generally regarded to be an absolutely horrible idea.

3D printed objects have a texture that would make them virtually impossible to keep sanitary and can contain sharp edges and points - even on round objects in some cases - which would not be very comfortable to put it politely.

Good for a gag I suppose but not something you should seriously try.=Smidge=

Weaver95: if I could afford one, I'd sure as hell buy myself a 3D printer and start looking for ways to make money off it. just making knock off 40k minis and model kits would keep me in beer money from all my friends.

Lemme know when you're up and running. I'll take about 3,000 points in Space Wolves, please.

In all honesty, if you can get the production cost at or below $1/model, you'd be swimming in moolah.

more like a third. As a species, we like killing things slightly more than we like trying to have sex with them. of course, if we were to ever combine sex AND mass destruction into one nice shiny package, our species would be doomed to extinction in about 48 hours.

m053486:Weaver95: if I could afford one, I'd sure as hell buy myself a 3D printer and start looking for ways to make money off it. just making knock off 40k minis and model kits would keep me in beer money from all my friends.

Lemme know when you're up and running. I'll take about 3,000 points in Space Wolves, please.

In all honesty, if you can get the production cost at or below $1/model, you'd be swimming in moolah.

/Of course, those Limey bastards at GW will likely come after you.

When i did it,cease and desist"I got a "cease and desist" letter from Games Workshop, so there's that.

more like a third. As a species, we like killing things slightly more than we like trying to have sex with them. of course, if we were to ever combine sex AND mass destruction into one nice shiny package, our species would be doomed to extinction in about 48 hours.

Ah I see. Interesting. Well I'm off to patent my new 12-gague dildo and incendiary cluster-dongs.

Smidge204:This gets discussed on occasion on the forums and chatrooms. it's generally regarded to be an absolutely horrible idea.

3D printed objects have a texture that would make them virtually impossible to keep sanitary and can contain sharp edges and points - even on round objects in some cases - which would not be very comfortable to put it politely.

Good for a gag I suppose but not something you should seriously try.=Smidge=

Well, I suppose the kind of person who wears a gag might actually enjoy a few rough edges. So yeah, it might work well for making those directly instead of making a mold.